Fender.



. tioned as to forcel an object with whichit -cornes in contact oii of and laterally away tion of atruck with guards formed according -mounted and secured to the truck of a car invention comprises. certain novel construc- UNITED srnrns PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. SPRINT, OF BOYCE, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO JOSEPH A. DEWAR, OF

MILLWOOD, VIRGINIA.

FENDER.'

speeieeationA of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, '1909.

To all whom it may concern: l y

-Be it known that I, JOHN SPRINT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boyce, in the county of Clarke and State of `Virginia, -have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such .as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in guards or fenders located in frontl of the wheels ofthe car and has for its object toprovide an improved guard of this kind which will rengage an object in front of the wheel and move the same to one side of the rack as thecar travels. Another object in view is to provide an improved guard of this kind so rigidly in front of a wheel. and so shaped and posifrom the track'. v

With these and other objects in viewthe tions, combinations and arrangements lof parts as will be hereinafterfullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevato the present invention secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail, fragmentary front view of the truck showing-the guard in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the guards, a fragmentary view of a vrail being shown in connection therewith.

Referring to thedrawing 1 indicates a truck of any desired kind 'provided with the usual pairs of wheels 2 and 3. In front of wheel, 2 is a guard or fender 4 that is rigidly secured by any desired means as bolts' 5,to"

the body ofthe trukl, and-is arranged to be placed comparatively close to the w eel 2. l

angle in relation to the track, preferably about a forty five degree angle. Also the lower part l0 of the fender 4 is broadened outso a'sto extend beyond the edges of the rail of'thetrack. .At theopposite end of truck l is a fender 4 which is constructed identically with fender '4 and the surrounding arts are arranged in the sameA manner as t e surrounding parts of fender 4sothat the description offender l4 equally applies to fender 4.. In connection with the fenders '4 and 4 it will be observed that each fender is positioned at a slight angle .to a vertical i 1 plane and has thelower end thereof inclined slightly forward. ThisA is intended `tocause.

the fender to not only be capable of moving an object vlaterally or transversely of the track but to give 4a slight scoo ing action for assisting in moving an object om the track.

By placing the various guards 4 and 4 lin 'position' directly in front of each Wheel 'of' the truck there will be means" rovided for forcdepending bar secured at its upperend to a car.truck in front of a car wheel and bent to form a broadV bladev extendingy at an angle `diagonally across the car rail andja brace -in front ofsaid fender connected at one end to said truck and at the other end to said fender at the upper end of said blade.

In testimonywhereof I ai'lix my signature. in' presence of two witnesses.

.JGHN w. SPRINT.

T.-FENWI0K,"" Josnrn A. DEW-An. 

